The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 4, 2000
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
5:12 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 953
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 177.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.80° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.89° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.